Strong Eagle wrote:"In a hypothetical situation where there were no foreign manpower curbs, then (domestic) growth may have been a little bit higher," said Selena Ling, head of treasury research for OCBC.

How stupid is it to be turning to robots when the importation of foreign labor, to fill a role that's obviously not being filled locally, would provide a net increase in domestic growth.

Sounds like it is Singapore's version of the US tea baggers running the show.

The opposition here will go - that report was drafted by pappies ....

No, the government gotta do whatever to win the election even if that meant hurting themselves... or so I am convinced.